Improvement in tile-gates



"P. M. EARLE.

Tile-Gate.

NO. 222,389. I Patented Dec. 9, 1879.-

FIG. 1.

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the semicircular head 0 and the gate 01.

UNITED S ATES- PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP EARLE,'OF CLINTON, ILLINOIS.

IM PROVEMENT IN Tl LE-GATES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 222,389, dated December 9, 1879; application'filed October 23, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

I Be it known that I, PHILIP M. EARLE, of

Clinton, in the county of De Witt and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tile-Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following isfa full,

'clea-r, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,

I reference being, hadto the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specificawhich is swung the gate, all of which will be hereinafter .fully explained. In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of a section of tile, partially in section, showing Fig. 2 shows.

I the head-piece, and Fig. 3 is the gate.

my invention applied therein.

' a, is a tile of ordinary form. bis the trap,

which is secured within the tile, as shown in .Fig. 1.

The trap is composed of two parts-namely, The head 0 is made semicircular on its upper side, so that it will fit snugly the contour of the inner side of the tile. It is jprovidedwith a threaded stem, 0, which projects upward through the tile a, and it is held firmly in place by the nut 0 It has made through it the series of air-passages c and the horizontal slot 0 forming a bar, 0 which serves asa pintle, on which the gate- 01 is hung.

The gate d is provided with a loop, d, on its upper edge, d which edge is made straight I and joins snugly against the under straight edge, 0 of the head 0 when the two parts 0 and d are fastened together by the loop 01 hooked over the bar 0 and its outer edge or con-tour, 01. is made so that it will fit snugly against the sides of the tile when it is down, as shown in Fig. 1. 1

In tiles employed in the drainage of land,

. it is desired that a free circulation of air shall be maintained through them. The ordinary trap has prevented this circulation. It the end of the tile-drain be left open, rats and Vermin can enter.

With my device I have a protection against the entrance of animals into, and at the same time permit a free flow of the water out of and circulation of air through, the tiles.

' Having described my invention, What I claim,

and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isj

The trap for drain-tiles composed of the 

